Deadline: 15-Aug-21
The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation is seeking applications for 2021 Rubys Artist Grants Program to provide project-based support for individual artists.
The goal of the program is to provide meaningful support to individual artists to allow for the creation of new work. The Rubys supports the notion of risk-taking (in practice, content, process, and/or outcome) and equally values artistic integrity, strong ideas, feasibility, and communal meaning. The program is open to artists at any stage of their career and favors projects that have significant creative work left to accomplish.
Categories
- Literary Arts: Includes but is not limited to: nonfiction; fiction; poetry; graphic novels; cross-disciplinary; experimental/emerging fields.
- Media Arts: Includes but is not limited to: film; audio and video projects; animation; computer graphics; sound art; digital arts; screenplay; teleplay; cross-disciplinary; experimental/emerging fields.
- Performing Arts: Includes but is not limited to: dance; music; theater; musical theater; opera; puppetry; performance art; playwriting; spoken word; storytelling; traditional/folk art; cross-disciplinary; experimental/emerging fields.
- Visual Arts: Includes but is not limited to: painting; photography; sculpture; works on paper; craft; installation; traditional/folk art; cross-disciplinary; experimental/emerging fields.
Funding Information
Artists may apply for grants of up to $15,000 to be applied to a project over a 12-month period. Artists may submit only one application during each funding round. Grants may be used to support projects that are already in process, a project not yet begun, or a distinct phase of a longer-term project.
Eligibility Criteria
At the time of application, an artist must:
- Be a resident of Baltimore City or Baltimore County.
- Have a valid U.S. tax identification number.
- Be at least 21 years old.
- Be a practicing artist: Those who have actively and continually pursued their profession in this discipline for more than three years (as evidenced on your resume with application).
- ?Past Rubys grantees are eligible to apply again two years after completion of their original grant cycle. Completion includes satisfactory submission of a final report and presentation of a public component.
- Artist duos or groups may apply together.
For more information, visit https://www.rwdfoundation.org/apply-for-the-rubys